Written by

Siddique Malik
| Special to The Courier-Journal

"Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and she has endowed man alone among animals with the power of speech. Speech is something different from voice. ... [Speech] serves to indicate what is useful and what is harmful, and so also what is just and what is unjust."

- Aristotle in "Politics"

It should surprise no one that Egypt's army declared itself as the country's savior and six weeks later proceeded to shoot at sit-ins by its opponents - supporters and workers of the Muslim Brotherhood, some of whom were stupid enough to bring children along. The Muslim world is familiar with ...